Historical archive
Published under: Stoltenberg's 2nd Government
In the Historical archive you will find information from previous governments such as press releases, news and speeches from previous government periods. You will also find outdated current affairs from the sitting government. In addition the archive contains documents where the content is no longer valid, such as expired circulars.
Content that has been moved to the archive will not be updated and the information is therefore exclusively of an historical nature.
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On 20 December, Minister of International Development Heikki Eidsvoll Holmås met President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu. Friday he will meet Somali students in Oslo to share his impressions with them.
“I am very concerned about the Israeli authorities’ announcement of additional new settlements in East Jerusalem. The construction of yet more housing units in illegal Israeli settlements in Palestine is undermining the prospects for peace,” said
The State-level Agreement establishing the North European Functional Airspace Block (NEFAB) enters into force on 23 December 2012.
Norway's six Ula class submarines will reach the end of their service life after 2020. An ongoing study led by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) is producing a basis for the decision between a life extension of the Ula class, a replacement program, or a
The State-level Agreement establishing the North European Functional Airspace Block (NEFAB) enters into force on 23 December 2012.
The multi stakeholder group for implementation of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) in Norway has delivered its fourth report. The report shows what the oil companies have reported paying in tax and royalties to the State in
I strongly condemn the execution of Hind Al-Barti in Yemen earlier this month. Norway is deeply concerned about Yemen’s continued use of the death penalty, particularly the execution of minors,” said State Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign
- The F-35 program is of vital importance to both the United States and Norway in ensuring that we fulfil our future operational requirements. I am therefore very pleased and reassured by the recent process in the development of the F-35, says
Six health workers attached to Pakistan’s polio vaccination programme have been shot and killed.
Defence Minister Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen leaves Kabul with fresh impressions from her 11th visit to Afghanistan. She has been very much looking forward to seeing the development since her last visit three years ago.
The Government will conduct another pilot of Internet voting for the parliamentary election of 2013, due to positive experiences from the pilot in 2011. - We still need to know more before we can conclude on whether or not this should be a future
In connection to the shooting in Connecticut, Norway’s Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg tonight gave a short comment: My thoughts are with the families who have lost their loved ones in the horrible shooting in Connecticut.
The Government wishes to ratify the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention against Torture. “This will strengthen efforts to prevent torture,” commented Minister of Foreign Affairs Espen Barth Eide.
“Growing activity in the High North, both on land and at sea, has led to a need for enhanced search and rescue measures at the local level. Strengthening search and rescue is therefore a central part of the Government’s High North strategy, and we
In Norway’s view the statement made on Israel’s existence by the leader [KRDO1] [aeo2] of Hamas, Khaled Meshal, is unacceptable.
“Norway strongly condemns the launch by North Korea of a long-range rocket on Wednesday,” said Minister of Foreign Affairs Espen Barth Eide.